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Recent Developments In Information Technology Law - First Quarter 2013

Table of Contents: *I. U.S. Supreme Court - A. Trademarks *II. U.S. Courts of Appeal - A. Patents - B. Copyrights - C. Copyrights/Criminal - D. Trademarks - E. Trademarks/Unfair...more

Defrauding Facebook: How One Man Almost Stole The World’s Largest Social Network

In October 2012 Paul Ceglia of New York was arrested on charges he forged documents in a multibillion-dollar scheme to defraud Facebook and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Mr. Ceglia had brought a much publicized lawsuit...more

New York’s Two Prong Analysis For Production Of Social Media

Last month, we summarized the N.Y. Supreme Court case, Fawcett v. Altieri, which involved the production of electronically stored social media content. What the post did not address, however, was the simple two prong analysis...more

A Busy Year in Court: Canadian Competition Law in 2012

2012 was a busy year for Canadian competition litigation, as numerous cases were heard or decided. The Supreme Court of Canada heard three class proceedings cases involving the Competition Act and the Competition Tribunal had...more

Paris International Litigation Bulletin no. 4

This quarterly bulletin provides an overview of newly applicable legal provisions, recent case law and more generally the recent news in international litigation viewed from France....more

Florida Court: Lawyers And Judges Should Not Be Facebook Friends

Can’t lawyers and judges just be “friends?” Apparently not, so ruled Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal last week in Domville v. State, No. 4D12-556 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). The Fourth District’s decision is seemingly the...more

Are Your Social Media Accounts Really Private?

How private are your posts on Facebook and your tweets on Twitter? If you think the answer depends only on how you configure your privacy or security settings for your accounts, you might be in for a rude awakening – at least...more

The Latest and Most Ungrammatical Courtroom Trend: Twitter

People are constantly getting fired or sued for stupid things they say on Twitter. Last year, Aflac (which does 75% of its business in Japan) fired Gilbert Godfrey after he tweeted some insensitive jokes about the tsunami...more

Enhancing Juror Engagement / Banning Social Media In The Courtroom

Starting July 1st 2012 Illinois jurors will be allowed to submit written questions for witnesses on the stand in civil trials. More than half the states, and all federal circuit courts, allow this practice; this rule,...more

Can Twitter Protect a User’s Information?

Data obtained from social networking websites continues to become more essential to developing a parties’ case. Production of that data, however, has become more burdensome for the companies developing the technology. For...more

The Social Network: American Jurors Reaching out of the Courtroom and Into Trouble

Originally published in the Mississippi Bar Litigation Section Newsletter - May 2012. A United States congressman, confronted with his own sexual exhibitionism, surrenders his office. A popular entertainer, frustrated...more

RICO Claims in Bonus Annuity Case Headed for Trial?

On October 13, 2011, the United States District Court for the Central District of California denied defendant’s renewed motion for summary judgment in Negrete v. Allianz Life Ins. Co. of North America (No. CV 05-6838) and...more

Verizon Wireless Files RICO Suit against Mobile Marketers, Alleges Deception and Fraud in Evasion of MMA Guidelines Requirements...

Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, filed a lengthy complaint on March 7, 2011, against mobile marketing entities that have conducted short code marketing campaigns on its network. The complaint alleges...more

New Jersey Judiciary Addresses Attorney and Juror Use of the Internet

The increasingly prominent role that the Internet plays in American society has created both challenges and opportunities in the judicial system. On one hand, the integrity of jury trials may be threatened when jurors use the...more

In Re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation (this document relates only to Center For Constitutional Rights v. Obama)

Plaintiffs' Reply Memorandum In Support Of Motion For Summary Judgment

This case is brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of lawyers and others working with the Guantanamo Bay prisoners. It is based on the chilling effect on their ability to defend their clients due to the...more

Lawyers Spy on FaceBook? Watching the Detectives….

Here’s the situation: a witness is heavily involved in social media such that she will “friend” anyone that asks. Some have wondered whether an attorney or her assistant could use their real identity and gain access to, for...more

Legal Aspects of Software Piracy

Legal Aspects of software piracy this is an article appeared in Dataquest September Magazine...more

Sentinel: Global News of Relevance To Entities & Individuals Engaging In Export, Customs & Trade - Spring 2010, Vol. VII, No. 2

IN THIS ISSUE: - Reading, Writing, and Export Control: Lessons Learned from Professor Roth — Page 2 - Conducting Discovery in the United States for Cases Pending Abroad — Page 4 - The Evolution of the FCPA’s ‘Knowledge’...more

Jewel, et al. v. National Security Agency

Notice of Appeal

n Jewel v. NSA, EFF is suing the NSA and other government agencies on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications...more

Jewel v. NSA

Order

In Jewel v. NSA, EFF is suing the NSA and other government agencies on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records....more

In Re NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation (document relates soley to Al-Haramain v. Obama)

Plaintiffs’ Notice Of Submission To Court Of Appeals

This case alleges targeting of the leaders of an Islamic charity and their lawyers by the admitted, targeted warrantless wiretapping by the NSA. It is based on a document that was accidentally disclosed to the plaintiffs by...more

Jewel v. NSA

Joint Motion For Entry of Order Regarding Preservation of Evidence

In Jewel v. NSA, EFF is suing the NSA and other government agencies on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records....more

In Re: NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation (Al-Haramain v. Bush)

Order To Show Cause Why Government Defendants Should Not Be Sanctioned

This case alleges targeting of the leaders of an Islamic charity and their lawyers by the admitted, targeted warrantless wiretapping by the NSA. It is based on a document that was accidentally disclosed to the plaintiffs by...more

In Re NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation (Al-Haramain v. Obama)

Joint Submission in Response to Court's 4-17-09 Order Re: Protective Order

This case alleges targeting of the leaders of an Islamic charity and their lawyers by the admitted, targeted warrantless wiretapping by the NSA. It is based on a document that was accidentally disclosed to the plaintiffs by...more

In Re: NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation (Schubert v. Bush)

Order Re: Recent, Pertinent 9th Circuit Authority

This case is a class action alleging wholesale dragnet surveillance of ordinary Americans. This is the most recent court order regarding recent, relevant 9th circuit authority relating to the State Secret Privilege....more